chavez vs taylor

[ICB]

u know when steele stopped the fight didnt the bell ring i thought i heard it just when he stopped it

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heres footage of it at 2:50 can u hear the bell because it sounds like it surely if the bell rung should of just let it gone to the cards ??

[luvfightgame]

I have always felt that stoppage was criminal. He had the fight won, on his feet by count of 5 and less than 10 seconds to go. Plus Taylor was ruined after that fight and he had the win stolen from him. Horrible stoppage.

[ICB]

I have always felt that stoppage was criminal.  He had the fight won, on his feet by count of 5 and less than 10 seconds to go.  Plus Taylor was ruined after that fight and he had the win stolen from him.  Horrible stoppage.

agreed yes people will argue he had bad injurys but they should of let him have victory so all that damage wasnt for nothing the bell rung so people who say chavez could of got there are wrong just listen at 2:50 mark just when steele stops it unless chavez is carl lewis no way he could of got there in time because fight was stopped at 2:48 on that video and then bell rung at 2:50

[TheBESTP4P]

maybe if he pulled a john ruiz(hug) he would of saved himself from the last 10sec and history would of been different!

[Pugilistic]

i dont think he should of stopped it. only secs till the bell had went. unfair results there

[memojaras]

I have always felt that stoppage was criminal. He had the fight won, on his feet by count of 5 and less than 10 seconds to go. Plus Taylor was ruined after that fight and he had the win stolen from him. Horrible stoppage.

Oh please Steele was just doing his job He asked Taylor if he was ok to continue but he didn't answer "he was hurt his eyes were deluted and he had recieved 2 much Punishment" is what good ol ref said about taylor.
Besides he also said that a mans life in the ring is nothing to play with no matter how high the stakes are, and in my opinion Steele did the right thing

[memojaras]

i dont think he should of stopped it. only secs till the bell had went. unfair results there

rules are pretty clear you can't be saved by the bell including the 12th and final round

[Bookkeeper]

i dont think he should of stopped it. only secs till the bell had went. unfair results there

rules are pretty clear you can't be saved by the bell including the 12th and final round

That's only if your still on the canvas, he was clearly up at the count of 5 and it's no way in hell Chavez could have landed another punch before the fight was over, besides I have seen fighters take a much brutal beating than that and the ref let the fight go on with much more time left than two seconds, and the only people who say that Steele did the right thing are Chavez fans, every logical boxing fan from a nuetral standpoint thinks it was a robbery.

[Majesty]

hindsight is 20/20. But if you're the ref in the ring and you're focusing on a fighter and you aren't counting seconds Meldrick Taylor had had enough. Did you expect Steele to look at the flashing bulb when he is supposed to be focused on the fighter and checking how they are to see if they can continue? if there was a minute left then the stoppage wouldn't be criminal. it wasn't like Steele knew there was 10 second left.

[Bookkeeper]

hindsight is 20/20. But if you're the ref in the ring and you're focusing on a fighter and you aren't counting seconds Meldrick Taylor had had enough. Did you expect Steele to look at the flashing bulb when he is supposed to be focused on the fighter and checking how they are to see if they can continue? if there was a minute left then the stoppage wouldn't be criminal. it wasn't like Steele knew there was 10 second left.

Look at the video again, Steele stopped the fight about half a second after he asked Taylor if he was okay, he saw Taylor looking at Duva who jumped up on the ring (Duva is very hard to miss) and he did not give Taylor even time to respond, who the hell did he think Taylor was looking at BIGFOOT. He was looking at Duva and unless Steele has sight problems he knew that. Besides Chavez had a history of controversy in the ring with Whitaker and Randall so this was not a coincidence this was a robbery.

[boxman]

Im tired of hearing this!!! The stopage was right. He was out on his feet and not stopping it would have been like robing Chavez of a well deserved TKO win. TKO stands for technical knockout and yes he pulled himself up but his mind was gone he was TECHNICALLY KNOCKED OUT!!!!! Sure he was winning and had fought a great fight but he could not finish, what they should have let him win out of pitty? Its the same thing as saying that if he had not gotten up Steele should have slowed the count down or even stopped counting and allowed the bell to ring. Hey I felt bad for the guy too but the bottom line is that he got KNOCKED THE F*CK OUT!!!

[Majesty]

hindsight is 20/20. But if you're the ref in the ring and you're focusing on a fighter and you aren't counting seconds Meldrick Taylor had had enough. Did you expect Steele to look at the flashing bulb when he is supposed to be focused on the fighter and checking how they are to see if they can continue? if there was a minute left then the stoppage wouldn't be criminal. it wasn't like Steele knew there was 10 second left.

Look at the video again, Steele stopped the fight about half a second after he asked Taylor if he was okay, he saw Taylor looking at Duva who jumped up on the ring (Duva is very hard to miss) and he did not give Taylor even time to respond, who the hell did he think Taylor was looking at BIGFOOT. He was looking at Duva and unless Steele has sight problems he knew that. Besides Chavez had a history of controversy in the ring with Whitaker and Randall so this was not a coincidence this was a robbery.

Then by what you just said, Steele should have DQ'd Taylor then right?

[boxman]

I agree with magesty, when some ones done their done no matter how much time is left. Besides if that fight had not been stopped I guarantee that today every one would be singing a different tune. Instead of talking about all that robbery non sence every one would be talking about how Chavez had him beat and he should not have lost.

[Bomp]

I have always felt that stoppage was criminal. He had the fight won, on his feet by count of 5 and less than 10 seconds to go. Plus Taylor was ruined after that fight and he had the win stolen from him. Horrible stoppage.

agreed yes people will argue he had bad injurys but they should of let him have victory so all that damage wasnt for nothing the bell rung so people who say chavez could of got there are wrong just listen at 2:50 mark just when steele stops it unless chavez is carl lewis no way he could of got there in time because fight was stopped at 2:48 on that video and then bell rung at 2:50

If the bell went at 2:50 and the fight gone to Taylor, wouldn't that have been a controversy the other way around? 10 seconds is plenty of time for a boxer to inflict damage.
I was looking at the footage for the first time the other day, it seemed to me he went down with a good 25 seconds left on the clock, he was in no way fit state to continue fighting 10 seconds after the knockdown, so the fight had to be stopped.

[ICB]

I have always felt that stoppage was criminal.  He had the fight won, on his feet by count of 5 and less than 10 seconds to go.  Plus Taylor was ruined after that fight and he had the win stolen from him.  Horrible stoppage.

agreed yes people will argue he had bad injurys but they should of let him have victory so all that damage wasnt for nothing the bell rung so people who say chavez could of got there are wrong just listen at 2:50 mark just when steele stops it unless chavez is carl lewis no way he could of got there in time because fight was stopped at 2:48 on that video and then bell rung at 2:50

If the bell went at 2:50 and the fight gone to Taylor, wouldn't that have been a controversy the other way around? 10 seconds is plenty of time for a boxer to inflict damage.
I was looking at the footage for the first time the other day, it seemed to me he went down with a good 25 seconds left on the clock, he was in no way fit state to continue fighting 10 seconds after the knockdown, so the fight had to be stopped.

it wasnt 25 seconds because bell rung 2 seconds after the stoppage of course people wouldnt be saying robbery if there was 1:00 but fact is 2 seconds left come on it was horrible for taylor considering all them injuries he had they should of let him have it he did outbox chavez and can u believe a judge actually had chavez winning on one card unbelieveable and i agree they didnt let taylor respond because of duva distracted him plus when steele stopped it taylor was in shock and he was speaking u can see he was speaking at end of vid if they would of let taylor gone on and win like he should of i wouldnt of seen it as controversy i would of thought chavez almost had him but he left it to late